Assemblyman Francisco Moya introduced legislation that would crack down on fraudulent employment agencies. BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer No place knows the grasp for the American Dream... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer As the Latino population continues to grow in Corona, it faces a huge educational difficulty: overcrowding. In the area covered by Community Education Council 24... Read more

BY JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer Throughout the Borough, more and more Latino-owned small businesses are experiencing similar problems, despite the efforts of the City and local community orga... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer In the Latino community in northern Queens, transportation is one of many issues that affect residents on a daily basis. Lack of access and convenience to trains... Read more

BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Health in the Hispanic community meHealth in the Hispanic community means health in New York City. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics make up n... Read more

“Queens is an immigrant community,” Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) said. As of 2012, approximately 27.9 percent of the residents living in Queens identified as Latino. That n... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer The Latin American community is one of the fastest-growing populations in the City. With expansion comes a stronger voice asking for resolutions to the many chal... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer The Queens Library Board of Trustees is set to vote on whether to renegotiate CEO Thomas Galante’s contract, a week after a library reform bill passed in the Sta... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer With the group stage finishing on Thursday, Queens has caught World Cup fever like many throughout the country. Every four years, 32 teams compete for the right t... Read more

While Queens’ Latin American communities are located throughout the Borough, with a heavy concentration in Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, the streetscapes of the community can be capt... Read more

The Queens Theatre’s 17th Annual Latino Cultural Festival, “Extraordinary Women, Illuminated,” will take place from July 29 to August 3. The Latino Cultural Festival is a six-day celebration... Read more

COMPILED BY ESTHER SHITTU There are a number of organizations throughout the Borough that have become indispensible in helping Latino residents get through tough times. Here is a listing of... Read more

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. They include: Bayside: John Paul Koulotouros, Maria Panepinto. Beller... Read more

While music played a big role in Christopher Paul’s youth, he did not start in rock music. Growing up as a classical pianist, Paul made the transition in high school to pop-punk. With a deep... Read more

Two days after a mistrial released State Sen. Malcolm Smith from his fraud trial, the veteran politician was back in the chamber, albeit a little more tight-lipped than he’s known to be. Acc... Read more

Gather your pillows and blankets and go have a sleepover at Citi Field! The team announced its second annual Citi Field sleepover last week, inviting fans to sleep on the same outfield where... Read more

A Ridgewood resident escaped police custody last week by commandeering the police van he was placed in after being arrested for drug charges. Bryan McMenamin, 38, was arrested in Glendale al... Read more

BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Satchmo’s home borough is continuing his legacy. The Louis Armstrong International Music Festival, presented by the Kupferberg Center for the Performing Ar... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer A Forest Hills-based author tells his story about what it was like growing up in a neighborhood run by mobsters. Joseph Trigoboff’s “Rumble in Brooklyn” gives rea... Read more

To The Editor: Thank you, Ed Braunstein. For some time, a dirty little secret, not touted on the glossy college recruiting brochures, a fact has been emerging that the glamorous, exciting, a... Read more

To The Editor: If something affects 0.0000017 percent of the population, is it worth making laws that will seriously affect the remainder of that population? There are 300,000.000,000 guns i... Read more

On Election Day 2014, set for Nov. 4, voters will go to the polls to vote for representatives in Congress and the State Senate and Assembly. For some, it will be the third time this year tha... Read more

Latino airport service workers marched from JFK Airport to LaGuardia Airport in support of better pay and benefits. BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer The Latin American community is one of the fa... Read more